14,000 Hamas terrorists killed or apprehended while airstrikes erode leadership

Nine months into the ground operation in Gaza, half of Hamas’s military leadership has been eliminated along with approximately 14,000 terrorists killed or apprehended, the Israel Defence Forces said in figures released on Tuesday. Read more

Israeli innovation in step length monitoring offers hope for patients with neurological disorders

In an advance for medical monitoring, Israeli researchers have developed an innovative method for more accurate and continuous tracking of step length as a marker for neurological diseases and age-related conditions. Read more

Israel strikes terrorists hiding in UN school

Israeli jets struck several Hamas terrorists using a United Nations school in the central Gaza town of Nuseirat, the Israel Defence Forces confirmed on Sunday. Read more

Israeli findings on a hidden brain hub open path for new ADHD treatment

Israeli researchers identified a specific brain region’s crucial function in controlling alertness levels in a study shedding light on the role of an enigmatic irregular sheet of neurons. Read more

Israel extends mandatory military service over attorney general’s objections

The Israeli government approved a law on Sunday extending mandatory military service from 32 months to 36 months, raising tensions over the contentious issue of army deferrals for yeshiva students. Read more

Four injured, two critically, in Palestinian car-ramming attack

Four people were injured, two critically, in a Palestinian car-ramming attack at a traffic junction near the central Israeli city of Lod on Sunday. Read more

60% of Hamas terrorists killed or injured, says Israeli defence minister

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday that the Israel Defence Forces have killed or injured 60% of Hamas’s terrorists. Read more

Iron Dome blind spot, GPS disruptions likely responsible for couple’s death in rocket barrage

The Israel Defence Force’s preliminary investigation into the rocket strike that killed two Golan residents in their car on Tuesday revealed that no interceptor was launched because the Air Force classifies roads as “open areas.” Read more

Legislation labelling UNRWA a ‘terror organization’ passes Knesset committee

The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee unanimously approved legislation designating the UN Relief and Works Agency a “terror organization” on Tuesday. The bill now heads to the Knesset plenum for its first reading. Read more

Israel raids Hamas, Islamic Jihad terrorists in UNRWA’s Gaza City headquarters

Israeli soldiers raided several terror sites in Gaza City overnight where Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad were operating, including the UNRWA’s headquarters there, the Israel Defense Forces said on Monday morning. Read more

Tunnel shaft found in Khan Yunis City Hall was Hamas gathering point

Israeli soldiers continued pressing attacks on Hamas across the Gaza Strip over the weekend, the Israel Defence Forces said on Sunday morning, including strikes on a tunnel shaft discovered in the Khan Yunis city hall and a UNRWA school used by the terror group as a command centre. Read more

Israel’s Chief Rabbis step down without successors in sight

A political struggle has left Israel without chief rabbis for the first time in the country’s history. Read more

Israel strikes Hamas terrorists holed up in two UN schools

Israeli aircraft struck terrorists operating from United Nations schools in the area of Gaza City on Thursday, the Israel Defence Forces said. Read more

Israel strikes counter Hamas efforts to re-establish itself in Shejaya

Israel pressed its offensive against Hamas’s efforts to re-establish itself in the northern Gaza town of Shejaya, the Israel Defence Forces said on Wednesday morning. Read more

Gruenfeld’s Gambit: Israeli chess master wins deaf world title

In a triumph for Israeli chess, Yehuda Gruenfeld clinched the title of World Champion for the Deaf in Belgrade on Sunday. Read more

Polarized society raised probability of October 7 attack

Seventy-two per cent of Israelis believe internal divisions over judicial reform increased the likelihood of Hamas’s October 7 attack, according to a survey released on Thursday. Read more

Israel releases photos of doctor in Islamic Jihad uniform following aid group’s denials

The Israel Defence Forces released photos of Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket specialist Fadi al-Wadiya wearing the terror group’s uniform after Doctors Without Borders confirmed he was a staffer but denied he was a terrorist. Wadiya was killed in an airstrike in northern Gaza on Tuesday while bicycling to work. Read more

Former Jerusalem mufti indicted for inciting terror

Israeli prosecutors filed an indictment in the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday against the former Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, for inciting terror in remarks praising terrorists. Read more

New Israeli MRI technique offers hope for early pancreatic cancer detection

Pancreatic cancer is notorious for its late detection and high mortality rate, but a new Israeli approach to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that illuminates pancreatic tumours offers hope for earlier diagnoses and treatment. Read more

Did Islamic Jihad rocket specialist also work for Doctors Without Borders?

Doctors Without Borders said on Tuesday that a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket specialist killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza had worked for the humanitarian aid group. Read more

Israeli High Court orders state to conscript yeshiva students

Israel’s High Court of Justice unanimously ordered the state to begin drafting yeshiva students into army service on Tuesday in a verdict that could potentially topple the governing coalition. Read more

October 7 victims file US$1 billion lawsuit against UNRWA

More than 100 survivors of Hamas’s October 7 attacks filed a $1 billion lawsuit against the United Relief and Works Agency for “aiding and abetting” Hamas on Monday. Read more

Israel strikes UNRWA facility taken over by Hamas

The Israeli military struck buildings used by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad that previously served as headquarters for the UN Relief and Works Agency in northern Gaza, the Israel Defence Forces said on Sunday. Read more

Israeli self-repairing glass might revolutionize satellites, biomedicine and more

Israeli researchers have unveiled a highly transparent, self-repairing adhesive glass that forms spontaneously upon contact with water. Read more

Hero policeman’s name tag returned to family amid emotional ceremony

In a poignant ceremony, the name tag of a hero police officer was returned to his grieving family after it was recently discovered on the body of a Hamas terrorist killed on October 7. Read more

Israel presses UN to ‘scale up’ efforts as undelivered aid piles up at crossings

Israel called on the United Nations to “scale up” its efforts to distribute humanitarian aid on Thursday as goods continued piling up at Gaza’s border crossings. Read more

Orthodox parties threaten to topple government over ‘Rabbis Bill,’ yeshiva deferments

Two Orthodox parties on Wednesday threatened to topple the Israeli government after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu withdrew a controversial “Rabbis Bill” from the Knesset agenda the previous day. The governing coalition is already strained by the contentious legislation to grant deferments to yeshiva students. Read more

UN: ‘No supporting evidence’ of famine in northern Gaza

A UN committee of experts said in a recently released report that there is “no supporting evidence” to conclude that there is a famine in Gaza. Read more

Israeli excavation reveals first evidence of little-known Gallus revolt against Rome

The discovery of a large, 1,650-year-old public building and a hoard of coins at an excavation in Lod provides the first compelling evidence of the little-known Gallus Revolt against Rome, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Sunday. Read more

Israeli High Court suspends state comptroller’s probe into Oct 7 failures

Israel’s High Court of Justice on Sunday ordered State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman to suspend his investigation into the failures the security services of October 7 pending a hearing on the matter in July. Read more

« Previous Page — Next Page »